CAPE HATTERAS · FISHING FORECAST

Cape Hatteras Fishing Forecast

Cape Hatteras is a WAIT today — bite score 20/100. Conditions are against you — better to wait. Best day this week: Fri, 5 June at 60/100.

Updated Wednesday, June 3, 2026 · Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

7-DAY BITE OUTLOOK

Daily bite score (0–100) and GO / HOLD / WAIT verdict for Cape Hatteras, built from wind, swell, water temperature and rain. Higher is better. Swell shown for this open-coast location.

DayVerdictScoreWindSwellRainTemp
Wed, 3 June today WAIT 20/100 8 m/s NNE 2.1 m 0% 23°C
Thu, 4 June HOLD 45/100 6 m/s NNE 1.5 m 0% 23°C
Fri, 5 June HOLD 60/100 6 m/s SSW 1.1 m 3% 25°C
Sat, 6 June HOLD 45/100 9 m/s SW 1.1 m 4% 23°C
Sun, 7 June WAIT 30/100 11 m/s SW 1.4 m 25% 24°C
Mon, 8 June WAIT 18/100 12 m/s NNE 1.4 m 46% 23°C
Tue, 9 June WAIT 30/100 10 m/s NE 1.4 m 27% 20°C

BEST DAY THIS WEEK

Fri, 5 June
60/100 · HOLD

The best window this week for Cape Hatteras looks like Fri, 5 June — wind around 6 m/s, 1.1 m swell, 3% rain. If you can only get out once, this is the day to aim for.

TODAY'S CONDITIONS

Forecast conditions for Cape Hatteras today (Wednesday, June 3, 2026). The bite score above weighs all of these plus dawn/dusk solunar timing.

Wind
8 m/s
from NNE
Swell
2.1 m
7 s period
Water temp
23.9 °C
sea surface
Air temp
23 °C
low 16°C
Rain chance
0 %
0.0 mm

WHAT'S IN SEASON

Species typically active around Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in June. Always check current North Carolina regulations and bag and size limits before you keep anything.

RedfishTarponKing mackerelSpanish mackerelCobia

Cape Hatteras target species

The fish Cape Hatteras anglers chase year-round, inshore and off:

Red drumBluefishSpanish mackerelCobiaFalse albacore

FISHING CAPE HATTERAS

Cape Hatteras sits where the cold Labrador Current collides with the warm Gulf Stream, which is why the surf here produces the trophy red drum the Outer Banks is famous for — heavy fish caught from the beach at Cape Point in spring and fall. It is a serious surfcasting destination: long rods, heavy sinkers to hold in the current, and a 4WD beach-driving permit for the inlet flats. When a clean spell lets the charter fleet out of Oregon Inlet, the Gulf Stream run puts them on dolphin, tuna and billfish within sight of the same beaches.

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